Carrier for rods with reels attached

ABSTRACT

A carrier for fishing rods with reels attached having an elongated member, a reel protecting means extending transversely of and substantially beyond at least two sides of the elongated member and disposed adjacent one end of the elongated member so as to protect at least two rods held against the two sides, means holding the rods to the elongated member, and a removable covering means covering said handles and reels, means holding the rods in spaced positions on the elongated member, a handle attached to a side of said covering means, the handle being a flexible strap of sufficient length to extend over the shoulder of a man of average height while the elongated member is adjacent his hip, the strap being of adjustable length.

United States Patent [151 3,674,190

Wright 1 July 4, 1972 54] CARRIER FOR RODS WITH REELS FOREIGN PATENTS ORAPPLICATIONS ATTACHED [72] Inventor: George R. Wright, 508 FirstNational Bank Bldg, Lincoln, Nebr. 68508 [22] Filed: Aug. 6, 1969 [2]]Appl. No.: 847,949

152] 11.8. CI. ..224/5 E, 43/26, 224/45 R 151 1 Int. Cl. 1 1 1 1 v v..A45f 5/00 I 58| Field of Search 224/54, 45; 43/25, 26

l56| References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,591,674 4/1952 Chalker..43/26 X 2,718,251 9/1955 Barbato.... ..224/5 2,902,790 9/1959 Harvey..43/26 3,172,585 3/1965 Mahaney et a1. ..224/45 3,316,951 5/1967Jacobson ..224/5 X 2,367,234 1/1945 Mitchell ..150/1.5 R

1,419,803 10/1965 France ..43/26 Primary Examiner-Gerald M. ForlenzaAssistant Examiner-Jerold M, Forsberg Attorney-Hiram A. Sturges 57ABSTRACT A carrier for fishing rods with reels attached having anelongated member, a reel protecting means extending transversely of andsubstantially beyond at least two sides of the elongated member anddisposed adjacent one end of the elongated member so as to protect atleast two rods held against the two sides, means holding the rods to theelongated member, and a removable covering means covering said handlesand reels, means holding the rods in spaced positions on the elongatedmember, a handle attached to a side of said covering means, the handlebeing a flexible strap of sufficient length to extend over the shoulderof a man of average height while the elongated member is adjacent hiship, the strap being of adjustable length.

8 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures PATENTEDJUL 41372 3.674.190

sum 10F 2 INVENTOR. GEORGE R. WRiGHT BY W- 422,

PATENTEDJUI 4 m SHEET 20F 2 FIGS SIG

CARRIER FOR Rons WITH REELS ATTACHED FIELD OF THE INVENTION DESCRIPTIONOF THE PRIOR ART In the prior art fishing rods are often carried abouton portages or changes in fishing positions without any protectivecovering because this is preferred to the nuisance involved in takingthe rods apart, and in taking the line and reels off of the rods inorder to place the rods in tubes or attached to storage devices. Toavoid rod breakage some fishermen prefer to take the rod apart, removethe reel and line and carry the rod in a tube, remounting the parts ofthe rod, replacing the reel and restringing the line all over again ateach new place to fish. Some have proposed fishing rod holders which aredesigned to hold a single rod and a single reel. However, many fishennencarry more than one rod and so they are encumbered by the bulk ofmultiple rod carriers, each for a single rod. In some fishing parties asingle person carries rods for the group or for a pair of fishermen onportages. In such cases also the multiple rod carriers, each carryingmore than one rod, make bulky and cumbersome handling.

SUMMARY A carrier for two and four or more fishing rods with reelsattached having an elongated member, a reel protecting means extendingtransversely of and substantially beyond at least two sides of theelongated member and disposed adjacent one end of the elongated member,the reel protecting means being firmly attached to the elongated memberand being sufficiently rigid so that when two rods are disposed on atleast two protected sides of the elongated member with their handlesadjacent the reel protecting member, the reel protecting member willextend laterally of the elongated member a distance greater than thereels to protect the reels.

The carrier is in further combination with a covering extending aroundthe reel protecting member and extending toward the other end of saidelongated member a sumcient distance for completely covering andprotecting the reel, the covering being formed either of stiff materialor of flexible material, which latter has one or two zippers thereinextending lengthwise of said elongated member and extending to an openend of said flexible covering which is disposed toward the other end ofsaid elongated member thereon, and securing means extending around saidflexible covering releasably adjacent the open end thereof for relievingpressure on said zippers, and handle means in the form of an elongatedstrap which can be placed over the shoulder of an adult fisherman whilebeing connected at its ends to said covering means and while saidelongated member is carried at the fisherman's hip, the elongated strapbeing adjustable for reducing its length down to a size for use as ahandle to be held in the hand with the arm of the fisherman extendingdownwardly while holding the carrier by its handle strap, meansprotruding from the sides of said elongated member for preventingfishing rods disposed alongside said elongated member from bumping eachother and preferably comprising a plurality of resilient pairs offingers disposed spaced apart and opposite each other, each finger of apair being disposed more closely to the opposite finger of a pairadjacent ends of said fingers and adjacent said elongated member and themembers of a pair being spaced apart sufficiently that a fishing rod canbe pressed between a pair of fingers and beyond the outer portions ofthe fingers which are more closely spaced for retaining the fishing rodbetween the finger, the resiliency of the fingers permitting the fishingrod to pass portions of the fingers which are more closely spaced. Aplurality of hollow retainers disposed adjacent but spaced from one endof said elongated member, said hollow retainers being disposed ondifferent sides of said elongated member, means for securing said hollowretainers on said elongated members, said hollow retainers each havingan open side facing said other end of said elongated member forreceiving through said open sides the terminal ends of handles forfishing rods, dividing wall means disposed extending laterally outwardlyon at least two opposite sides of said elongated member for separatingand holding apart reels on fishing rods disposed on opposite sides ofsaid separating means.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is a side elevation of thecarrier of this invention held in a vertical position with various partsbroken away for illustration of the interior thereof, and other partsshowing in section.

FIG. 2 is a view -insection taken along the line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the lower portion of the invention butshowing a covering portion thereof with zipper and carrying strapthereon.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a rod gripping assembly of theinvention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line S5 of FIG. 6 but showingonly a hollow tubular portion of the invention and its interior, theremainder being removed.

FIG. 6 is a side elevation of a modification of the carrier of FIG. 1,held in vertical position with various parts broken away forillustration of the interior thereof and other parts shown in section.

FIG. 7 is a view in section taken along the line 7-7 of FIG. I an upperportion being broken away.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In FIG. I the fishing rodcarrier of this invention is generally indicated at 10 and isparticularly designed for carrying a plurality of fishing rods shown indotted lines at 12 having reels l4 and handles 16, each rod also havingan index finger receiving protrusion 20'..

The rods 12 are disposed alongside an elongated rigid member 20 of theinvention and a reel protecting member or flange or reel protectingflange member 30 is provided extending transversely of and extendingsubstantially laterally beyond the elongated member 20, the reelprotecting flange member 30 being attached to a socket 34 with which itis integral into which latter the elongated member 20 fits and intowhich it is secured by suitable means such as cement, preferably plasticcement, since the member 20 and the member 30 are both preferably formedof plastic. The reel protecting member 30 can also have a collarattached thereto, the collar preferably being of cylindrical shapegenerally and extending in parallelism with the elongated member 20 andextending from the reel protecting flange member 30 toward that otherend of the elongated member 20 which is shown at 50 and which isopposite that one end of the member 20 which is received in the socket34. The collar and flange members 30 are both sulficiently rigid so thatwhen a rod I2 is disposed alongside the elongated member 20 with hishandle adjacent the reel protecting flange member 30, then the reelprotecting flange member 30 will extend laterally of the elongatedmember 20 a distance greater than the reel 14 to protect the reel. Thecollar 40 also being rigid, further tends to protect the reel althoughthe reel protecting flange member 30 itself will protect the reel to agreat extent, especially with the assistance of a flexible cover 70 seenin FIGS. 1 and 3 which is substantially of a bag shape and extends overthe reel protecting member 30 and collar 40 and upwardly along theupwardly along the elongated member 20, the cover 70 having a neck 72which is more narrow so that the cover is substantially of a pear shapealthough flat at its larger end since the reel protecting flange member30 is also flat on its side opposite the elongated member 20 so that theentire carrier can be rested on a flat surface and will stand in anupright position.

The flexible cover 70 is provided with two slits 80, seen in FIG. 3 oneon each side thereof and on two opposite sides thereof, the slits eachbeing secured by one of two zippers 82 which latter extend along theslits and with the slits 80 extending toward the terminal ends of theneck 72.

As thus described by unzipping one of the zippers 82 one or more of therods 14 which are four in number can be reached and they can reachedstill more easily by unzipping both zippers.

For convenience of illustration a cut out is made in the lower part ofFIG. 3 which purports to cut completely through all parts of the carrierand contents and thereby cutting away all pans excepting the oppositeside of the covering 70 so that the zipper shown at 82' illustrates theposition of the zipper which is on the opposite side of the cover whichlikewise extends from its bottom to its top.

As best seen in FIGS. 1 and 4, a plurality of resilient pairs of fingers90, 91 and 92 and 93, being two of the pairs respectively, 94 and 95being still another pair, 96 and 97 being still another pair. Thesepairs of fingers are resilient and each finger of a pair is spaced apartopposite the other fingers of a pair, and each has a protrusionextending inwardly as at 100 toward the other finger of the pair anddisposed outwardly of a concave portion of the inner side of each fingershown at 110. It is between the concave portions 110 that a fishing rod12 is received with the diameter of the cross section of the rod 12being greater than the distance between the protrusions 100 so that whena rod is pressed between the fingers 90 and 91, for example, of a pairthe rod will enter so as to be held between the fingers inwardly of theprotrusions I00.

The pairs of fingers 90, 91, etc are arranged in groups of four pairs onthe four opposite sides and spaced 90 apart of a band I12, which lattercan be secured to the preferably cylindrical elongated member 20 byplastic cement or other suitable means, the four pair of fingers and theband 112 being formed integrally in one piece from plastic for economy.It will be seen that four pairs of fingers attached to the same band 112form a group and one such group shown at A in FIG. I on the elongatedmember adjacent the cover 70 but spaced from it considerably whereas,still another group another group called A" is spaced farther out towardthe other end 50 of the member 20 from the group A with the fingers of Aand A groups in alignment as seen lengthwise of the elongated member.

A second group of resilient finger pairs with a strap identical to agroup A described, is disposed adjacent the group A described on theelongated member but it is rotated so that its fingers are 45 fromfingers of the group A so that the fingers of the pairs of the group Bcan receive tip portions of rods which have been removed shouldunusually elongated rods be placed on the carrier whereby they aredisposed between the remainder of the rods on the carrier.

The carrier described in which said covering means is formed ofsubstantially rigid material and in which access to said covering meansis through an opening at that end thereof which is adjacent said one endof said elongated member for access to the handle ends of rods therein,the opening means being covered by a lid which is removably secured tothe remainder of, and forms a part of said covering means.

In FIG. 1 a plurality of hollow retainers 200 can be seen which aredisposed adjacent but spaced from one end of the elongated member 20.The hollow retainers being disposed laterally spaced from the elongatedmember 20 on different sides thereof and they are secured to theelongated member 20 by suitable means such as by portions of the flangemember 30 and its socket 34. Each hollow retainer 200 is open on thatside thereof which faces the other end 50 for receiving therethrough theterminal ends of handles of fishing rods which are thereby kept fromshifting from side to side.

Divider wall members 210, seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, are further providedextending laterally outwardly on at least two opposite sides andpreferably on four sides of the elongated member 20 and are preferablyintegrally formed parts of the socket 34, reel protecting flange 30 andcollar 40, so that they are all formed of one piece of plastic and ofthe same die set. The divider walls 210 are spaced 90 apart forreceiving four fishing rods therebetween and for holding the reelstherein apart so that they do not bump each other.

It will be seen that the retainers 200 are spaced from the elongatedmember 20 sufficiently for the receipt of the index finger protrusions20 of a fishing rod between the elongated member 20 and the remainder ofthe rod at a time when the rod handle 16 is in a retainer 200.

Referring to FIG. 3, a handle strap is there shown at 300 which isreceived in strap holders 310 and 312, which latter are respectivelysecured to portions along the cover 70 which are spaced apart lengthwiseof the elongated member 20, the strap 300 being adapted to be foldedinto a position for use as a handle to be gripped by a fisherman forcarrying his arm downwardly, but the strap is also adapted to be pulledout and at such lengths as to fit over a fishermans shoulder and yet besecured in the devices 310 and 312 at a time when the elongated member20 is disposed substantially at the hip of the adult fisherman forconvenience in carrying.

A modification of the invention can be seen in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 in whicha carrier 500 is provided which has a hollow tubular elongated member510 disposed in lapping relationship with and inside the neck $12 of asubstantially rigid cover 520, which latter is somewhat of a pear shapebut with a flat bottom like the cover 70 and for the same reason. Thetubular member 510 is secured to the cover 520 by a suitable means, andthe cover 520 can be found to be very enlarged at its lower end 522which latter has an opening therethrough 530, since the inside of thecover 520 is hollow. The opening 530 is divided by partitions 610 whichare similar in all respects to the partitions 210, seen also in FIG. 7,since they are at least two in number and on opposite sides of a center612, but are also preferably four in number disposed degrees apart forcreating four separate reel compartments 620 which latter communicatewith the elongated tubular member 510 which is itself divided by adividing assembly 650, seen in FIG. 5, comprising four spaced walls 654spaced 90 apart for receiving rods in the separate four compartmentscreated. The dividers 610 and 654 are preferably of soft material suchas plastic so as not to damage the fishing rods.

The opening 530 at the lower end of the covering 520 is covered by a cap660 which fits around the outer side of the main body portion 670 of thecovering snugly and which is held in place releasably by a releasablesuitcase clamp 680.

As seen in FIG. 6, the inner side of the cap 660 is lined with resilientsponge rubber or other resilient material 690 which is secured to the ca660 and extends transversely of the elongated member 510 for receivingthereagainst the handle ends 16 offishing rods 12.

As seen in FIG. 6, if the fishing rods I2 slide toward an opposite end708 of the elongated member 510, they will engage a second resilientsponge rubber liner 692 disposed at the ter minal end of the elongatedmember 510 and secured to the forward end 702 of an extension 700telescopically received on the elongated member 510 but forming a partin a sense of the elongated member 510 because it is secured thereto bymeans of a spring clip 710 mounted on the member 700 and urging a detent712 through an opening in the member 700 indicated at 714, so as tolodge in one of a plurality of holes 730 in that main part 740 of theelongated member 510 which telescopically receives the end portion 700whereby the overall length of the elongated member 510 is extensible forthe selection of one of the holes 730 to accommodate rods of dilferentsize and to contract the length of the holder and carrier when desired.

It will be seen that the elongated rigid member 20 of FIG. I, or 612 ofFIG. 7, can be considered a substantially rigid backbone means 20 or 612extending along a first axis 800 which can be seen in dotted lines inFIG. 1 and at the center of FIG. 2 and at the center of FIG. 7.

The reel protecting flange member 30 of FIG. 1 can also be called arigid reel-protecting transverse means 30 of FIG. 1, which latter can beseen to be much closer to the rearward end of the rod carrier than tothe forward end thereof.

The backbone means 20 of FIG. 1 and 612 of FIG. 7 each respectivelydefine in combination with the respective reelprotecting transversemeans 30, a frame assembly generally indicated at 810 in FIG. 1.

A plane can be imagined as disposed along the lines 2--2 of FIG. 1 in aposition transverse to the first axis 800, such plane being dividableinto separate areas, each adapted to receive parts of separate rods, asseen in FIG. 2.

The separation means generally indicated at 820 being shown in FIG. 2 ascomprising, as one possibility, the dividing walls 210, but also theseparation means 820 can be thought of as being formed by the annularretainers 200 seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, which latter serve to separateportions of a plane transverse to the first axis 800 and which liesextending through the annular retainers 200.

It will be seen that the separation means 820, whether it be formed ofwalls 210 or annular retainers 200, in either case, serve to separatethe respective plane into separate areas whereby each separate area canreceive a part of a separate respective fishing rod and can prevent suchreceived part of a respective fishing rod from bumping received parts ofother fishing rods in the carrier.

It will be seen that the divider wall means 210 are each of asubstantial length as measured forwardly to rearwardly thereof foreffectively separating reels 14 on rods 12 in separate areas 840 of therearward end portion 850 of the rod carrier 10 for preventing the reels14 from bumping together just as the retainer wall means 200 each keepthe rearward ends of the handle 16 of the rod 12 in place and at adistance from each other.

It is important that the separation means 820, when it is formed by thedivider walls 210, extend out on two opposite sides of the first axis800 respective distances which are greater than the distance from anouter side of an average fishing reel to the opposite side of a rod towhich the reel is attached, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2 whereby thedividing wall members 210 further serve to protect the reels 14 fromdamage by extending outwardly farther than they do from the central axisor first axis 800.

A substantially rigid housing means generally indicated at 870 can beformed by the collar 40 which substantially surrounds the sides of thebackbone or elongated rigid member 20 and is attached to a frameassembly 810 defined by the backbone member 20 in combination with thereel-protecting transverse means or flange member 30, the substantiallyrigid housing 870 being spaced from the backbone means 20 far enough forat least two fishing reels l4 and attached rods l2 to fit between thesubstantially rigid housing means 870 and the backbone means 20.

Referring to FIG. 6, a substantially rigid tube or tubular elongatedmember SIO is seen to extend forwardly from the forward end of the rigidhousing means 870 for receiving forward portions of rods, the forwardend of the rigid housing means 870 in FIG. 6 having a tube-receivingopening 890 therein and facing forwardly along the first axis 800 andthe tube or tubular member 510 is tightly received in the tubereceivingopening 890.

Referring to FIG. 6, an extension or cap 700 is there shown which has arecess 70) in its rearward end which is very deep and which slidablyreceives the forward end of the tubular member 510 thereon.

Referring to FIG. 2, it can be seen that the partition wall means 210comprise in combination a bracing means which can be called a bracingmeans or a separation means 820 of which each partition wall 210 is abrace.

In this sense, the bracing means 820 is attached to the sides of thebackbone means 20 on a plurality of the sides thereof and a bracingmeans 210 or 820 respectively extends forwardly from and is attached toonly the forward side of the reel-protecting transverse means 30 and abracing means 820 extends a substantial distance forwardly from thereel-protecting transverse means 30 so as to strongly brace the backbone20 in its attachment to only the forward side of the reel-protectingtransverse means 30.

I claim:

1. A rod carrier for simultaneously carrying a plurality of fishing rodswith reels attached comprising a substantially rigid elongated backbonemeans extending along a first axis and having a substantially continuousouter surface, said backbone means having a forward end and a rearwardend, a substantially rigid reel protecting transverse means extendingtransversely of said first axis and extending substantial distances fromsaid first axis on all sides of said axis, said reel protectingtransverse means being concave on its forward side and defining a rearwall means extending transversely of said backbone and having asubstantially rigid protective collar extending forwardly from andattached to said rear wall means, said rear wall means having sufficientrearwardmost surface portions widely spaced from said axis and spacedaround said axis sufficiently and lying substantially in a planedisposed at a right angle to said backbone means whereby said carriercan be rested balancing upright on a horizontal surface with itsrearward end downward and otherwise unsupported, means attaching saidreel protecting transverse means to said backbone means firmly, saidreel protecting transverse means being much closer to the rearward endthan to the forward end of said rod carrier, said reel protectingtransverse means and said backbone means together defining a frameassembly, there being a plane disposed transverse to said axis which isdividable into separate areas, a plurality of divider wall meansattached to said frame assembly and each of substantial length asmeasured forwardly to rearwardly thereof and each of substantial areafor separating said plane into said separate areas sufiiciently thatrearward end portions of rods with reels attached thereto can bereceived between said divider walls respectively and said reels can beprevented from bumping each other by said divider wall means, andresilient finger means attached to said backbone means for holdingforward portions of rods on said carrier in at least approximateparallelism with said axis, said carrier having a removable coveringmeans having a large rearward end enclosing the reel protectingtransverse means and tapering to a narrow neck portion which latter hasan opening at its forward end, said covering means also having anannular section extending around at least a portion of the length ofsaid backbone means, said carrier having a forward half portion which isless than half as bulky than its rearward half portion as measuredtransversely of said backbone means in any direction, all parts of saidcarrier being substantially balanced about said axis so that saidcarrier is best adapted to balance in upright position and to rest onits rearward end on a horizontal surface and without other support, saidcollar being disposed far enough from said axis so that said pluralityof rod rearward end portions and said reels attached thereto can bereceived within said collar. said carrier being free of legs projectablefrom its sides for stability when standing upright.

2. The combination of claim I in which each said divider wall means isattached to said backbone means and to said transverse means.

3. The combination of claim 1 in which hollow annular retainers havingopen forward ends are attached to the forward side of said rear wall,said retainers each being of a size for receiving an end of a handle ofone of said rods.

4. The combination of claim 1 in which said removable covering means hastwo elongated slits spaced around said axis sufficiently and extendingfrom said opening toward said rearward wall a sufficient distance forfacilitating removal of rods with reels attached from between saiddivider wall means.

5. The combination of claim 4 in which zippers are attached to saidcovering means to close said slits respectively.

6. The combination of claim 4 in combination with at least two fishingrod and reel assemblies disposed alongside of said backbone means withtheir reels separated by respective divider wall means.

7. The combination of claim 1 in which said divider wall means areattached specifically to said collar and to said backbone means.

8. The combination of claim 1 in combination with at least two fishingrod and reel assemblies disposed alongside of said backbone means withtheir reels separated by respective divider wall means.

1. A rod carrier for simultaneously carrying a plurality of fishing rodswith reels attached comprising a substantially rigid elongated backbonemeans extending along a first axis and having a substantially continuousouter surface, said backbone means having a forward end and a rearwardend, a substantially rigid reel protecting transverse means extendingtransversely of said first axis and extending substantial distances fromsaid first axis on all sides of said axis, said reel protectingtransverse means being concave on its forward side and defining a rearwall means extending transversely of said backbone and having asubstantially rigid protective collar extending forwardly from andattached to said rear wall means, said rear wall means having sufficientrearwardmost surface portions widely spaced from said axis and spacedaround said axis sufficiently and lying substantially in a planedisposed at a right angle to said backbone means whereby said carriercan be rested balancing upright on a horizontal surface with itsrearward end downward and otherwise unsupported, means attaching saidreel protecting transverse means to said backbone means firmly, saidreel protecting transverse means being much closer to the rearward endthan to the forward end of said rod carrier, said reel protectingtransverse means and said backbone means together defining a frameassembly, there being a plane disposed transverse to said axis which isdividable into separate areas, a plurality of divider wall meansattached to said frame assembly and each of substantial length asmeasured forwardly to rearwardly thereof and each of substantial areafor separating said plane into said separate areas sufficiently thatrearward end portions of rods with reels attached thereto can bereceived between said divider walls respectively and said reels can beprevented from bumping each other by said divider wall means, andresilient finger means attached to said backBone means for holdingforward portions of rods on said carrier in at least approximateparallelism with said axis, said carrier having a removable coveringmeans having a large rearward end enclosing the reel protectingtransverse means and tapering to a narrow neck portion which latter hasan opening at its forward end, said covering means also having anannular section extending around at least a portion of the length ofsaid backbone means, said carrier having a forward half portion which isless than half as bulky than its rearward half portion as measuredtransversely of said backbone means in any direction, all parts of saidcarrier being substantially balanced about said axis so that saidcarrier is best adapted to balance in upright position and to rest onits rearward end on a horizontal surface and without other support, saidcollar being disposed far enough from said axis so that said pluralityof rod rearward end portions and said reels attached thereto can bereceived within said collar, said carrier being free of legs projectablefrom its sides for stability when standing upright.
 2. The combinationof claim 1 in which each said divider wall means is attached to saidbackbone means and to said transverse means.
 3. The combination of claim1 in which hollow annular retainers having open forward ends areattached to the forward side of said rear wall, said retainers eachbeing of a size for receiving an end of a handle of one of said rods. 4.The combination of claim 1 in which said removable covering means hastwo elongated slits spaced around said axis sufficiently and extendingfrom said opening toward said rearward wall a sufficient distance forfacilitating removal of rods with reels attached from between saiddivider wall means.
 5. The combination of claim 4 in which zippers areattached to said covering means to close said slits respectively.
 6. Thecombination of claim 4 in combination with at least two fishing rod andreel assemblies disposed alongside of said backbone means with theirreels separated by respective divider wall means.
 7. The combination ofclaim 1 in which said divider wall means are attached specifically tosaid collar and to said backbone means.
 8. The combination of claim 1 incombination with at least two fishing rod and reel assemblies disposedalongside of said backbone means with their reels separated byrespective divider wall means.